In this new Nongqai article, author Henning van Aswegen recounts how operators of the ANC/SACP tried and failed to sabotage the 1992 CODESA negotiations in Kempton Park, South Africa
Operation Vula – a Deadly Miscalculation

Operation Vula – a Deadly Miscalculation

Henning van Aswegen The article is an extract from Spioenmeesters, published by Kraal Publishers, Pretoria, 2021. Spioenmeesters is available on Amazon.com: Abstract: Operation Vula, insurrection, South African political crossroads, Groote Schuur Minute, Oliver Tambo,...
Nesbitt’s Horse Field Intelligence Unit – Wolfgang Witschas

Nesbitt’s Horse Field Intelligence Unit – Wolfgang Witschas

Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): Field Intelligence Unit: Nesbitt’s Horse Wolfgang Witschas Abstract Nesbitt’s Horse was an irregular unit raised in the Eastern Cape during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). The corps, about 300 strong, was formed in...
NONGQAI VOLUME 16, Number 11 – November 2025

NONGQAI VOLUME 16, Number 11 – November 2025

Table of Contents/Inhoudsopgawe HOOFARTIKEL: Redaksie Nongqai Matjiesfontein en Genl. Andrew Wauchope Irregular Forces: Informal, Commercial and Criminal (3) Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): Von Steinaecker’s Horse Lashkar-e-Taliba [LeT]: The Islamist Jihadist...
MAJ GE DIEDERICKS AND THE SAP SPECIAL STAFF DURING WW2

MAJ GE DIEDERICKS AND THE SAP SPECIAL STAFF DURING WW2

MAJOOR GE DIEDERICKS EN DIE SAP “SPESIALE STAF” GEDURENDE WO2 ABSTRACT: This article explores the formation, function, and legacy of the South African Police CID Special Staff, a covert political policing unit established in 1939 under the command of Major...

Duty, Politics, and Retrospection: A Reflection on Security and Accountability Policing and Politics — A Thin Line

Duty, Politics, and Retrospection: A Reflection on Security and Accountability. Policing and Politics — A Thin Line DUTY, POLITICS, AND RETROSPECTION: A REFLECTION ON SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY: POLICING AND POLITICS — A THIN LINE Brig Hennie Heymans Abstract This...

The Daisy Spy Ring: About Maj Craig Michael Williamson (RS 167) and his Clandestine Overseas Operation of how the SA Communist Party was infiltrated locally and abroad during the Cold War.

The Daisy Spy Ring: About Maj Craig Michael Williamson (RS 167) and his Clandestine Overseas Operation of how the SA Communist Party was infiltrated locally and abroad during the Cold War. THE DAISY SPY RING: CRAIG WILLIAMSON (RS 167) AND HIS CLANDESTINE  OPERATIONS...